A Nano Initiator Realized by Integrating Al/CuO-Based Nanoenergetic Materials With a Au/Pt/Cr Microheater

Author

Zhang, Kaili ; Rossi, Carole ; Petrantoni, Marine ; Mauran, Nicolas

Author_Institution

Lab. for Anal. & Archit. of the Syst., French Nat. Center for Sci. Res., Toulouse

Volume

17

Issue

4

fYear

2008

Firstpage

832

Lastpage

836

Abstract

A nano initiator is developed by integrating Al/CuO-based nanoenergetic materials with a Au/Pt/Cr thin-film microheater realized onto a glass substrate. It is fabricated by using standard microsystem techniques that allow batch fabrication and high level of integration and reliability. The nano initiator is characterized by open-air combustion testing with an ignition success rate of 98%. The ejected combustion flame is seen clearly with a potential exceeding 2000 . The ignition power, ignition delay, and ignition energy are 1.16 W, 0.1-0.6 ms, and 0.12-0.70 mJ, respectively. The energy output is calculated to be around 60 mJ.

Keywords

aluminium; chromium; combustion; copper compounds; explosives; gold; micromechanical devices; platinum; thin films; Al-CuO; Au-Pt-Cr; combustion flame; glass substrate; ignition delay; ignition energy; ignition power; ignition success rate; nanoenergetic materials; nanoinitiator; open-air combustion testing; reliability; thin-film microheater; Al/CuO; energetic material; heater; initiator; micro; nano;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1057-7157

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JMEMS.2008.926144

Filename

4549925